For the summer window which was meant to be ‘West Ham have to buy before they can sell”, the Hammers have achieved far more than most would have predicted. The jury is still out, two ‘free’ signings and two ‘paid-for’ transfers is hardly setting the world on fire and much depends on what happens with the Mateus Fernandes / midfielder situation.
However finally it looks as if the buyers are circling for West Ham’s Andy Irving, reportedly the subject of a low bid yesterday, todays Edinburgh news reports that several teams across the whole of Europe appear to have taken note of the Irn-Bru Iniesta and are interested in a transfer bid. As the ‘news’ puts it:
“Former Hearts midfielder Andy Irving has an increasing number of clubs showing transfer interest as West Ham United prepare to decide his future. Teams in Scotland, Germany and Italy are keen on the 25-year-old…German Bundesliga clubs Cologne, Borussia Moenchengladbach and Stuttgart have contacted West Ham directly to enquire about Irving’s availability. The Austrian champions Sturm Graz also made an approach.”
That’s in addition to reported interest from both top Glasgow clubs.
Time for Irving to find more opportunity
Irving needs to capitalise on his Scotland call-up and get regular first team football somewhere – so a move in the next two weeks would probably be in both his and West Ham’s best interests. Whilst he is not a big earner nor will command a big transfer, Irving needs to vacate the squad to allow the irons to focus on an upgrade.
His sale will bring to an end one of the most curious transfer deals in recent Hammers’ history: Nobody was really quite sure why David Moyes signed him and then loaned him back to Klagenfurt: By all reports Irving is a truly nice guy and brilliant squad player who deserves better than fringe appearances at West Ham.
Respectfully disagree. I’ve never understood the prevailing discourse about Andy Irving. He’s a good player. Everybody likes him. Never let West Ham down. So? We sell him? Not only sell him but sell him for a pittance! He’s 25 years old with the best five or six years of his career ahead of him!
If we sell we should be looking at 10 or 12 million but I don’t understand why we would. Lets assume we don’t want Guido; nor particularly Prowsy; we’ll probably sell Alvarez and Pacq is available at the right price. Tommy Soucek has always had his detractors (never understand why).
It looks to me like the only nailed on certainty that everyone wants to keep in midfield is Potts. Super promising but questions about whether he’s ready for a full season in the Prem as number one DM choice. So we sell Irving for 2 million pounds? Ridiculous
IMHO!
Martin, roll out the bunting and fanfare trumpets when Rodriguez or Cornet are finally off the payroll. I got all excited for a couple of seconds when I read the headline, then I remembered how you guys all like toying with our emotions, and sure enough. Good luck to Andy Irving, at least he gave his all.
I’d have dropped Lucas Paqueta from the team on many occasions and given Andy Irving a game.
Sounds like a Sullivan signing to me
never done anything other than putting in a good shift